Elements of Civil Government eBook

SECTION 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce
by appropriate legislation the provisions of this
article.

ARTICLE XV.

SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by
the United States or by any state on account of race,
color, or previous condition of servitude.

SECTION 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce
this article by appropriate legislation.

ARTICLE XVI.

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes
on incomes from whatever source derived, without apportionment
among the several states, and without regard to any
census or enumeration.

ARTICLE XVII.

The Senate of the United States shall be composed
of two senators from each state, elected by the people
thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have
one vote. The electors in each state shall have
the qualifications requisite for electors of the most
numerous branch of the state legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any
state in the Senate, the executive authority of such
state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies:
Provided, That the legislature of any state
may empower the executive thereof to make temporary
appointments until the people fill the vacancies by
election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect
the election or term of any senator chosen before
it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.